Beijing, October 24 (RHC)-- The 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party concluded in Beijing Tuesday with the election of the Party´s top leadership and the announcement that Xi Jinping´s Thoughts on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era has been written into the party charter.... More
London, October 24 (RHC-Agencies)-- U.S. President Donald Trump is "standing on the wrong side of history" by withdrawing from the Paris climate accord, former UN chief Ban Ki-moon said.... More
Barcelona, October 24 (RHC-Agencies)-- Catalan pro-independence parliamentary group, Junts pel Sí, has promised to legally appeal and challenge the potential central government takeover of Catalonia, as self-determination activists plan to stage massive civil disobedience actions this week.... More
Washington, October 23 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order authorizing the Air Force to call up as many as 1,000 retired aviators to active duty. Trump’s order came as the Pentagon said it’s facing a large shortage of pilots as the administration prepares to ramp up the U.S. war in Afghanistan. ... More
Mogadishu, October 23 (RHC)-- In Somalia, a roadside bomb exploded Sunday south of the capital Mogadishu, tearing through a minibus and killing at least 11 people. A witness said he saw a Somali military vehicle pass near the time of the explosion and that the civilians were probably killed in error. ... More
Moscow, October 23 (RHC)-- Russia's Defense Ministry stated that the U.S. State Department has admitted that Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a rebranded al-Qaida group in Syria, has and uses chemical weapon in Syria. "The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorist group (HTS), linked to Jabhat al-Nusra, which uses 'small and heavy arms, improvised explosive devices, and chemical weapons', operates in that province [Idlib]. This is the first official recognition by the State Department not simply of the presence, but, I emphasize, the use of chemical weapons by Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in that part of Syria to commit terrorist attacks, about which we repeatedly warned," Major General Igor Konashenkov, a spokesperson for the Russian Defense Ministry said. ... More
United Nations, October 23 (RHC)-- The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has warned that thousands of Libyan refugees are currently living in dire conditions in a hub to the west of the capital Tripoli, saying they could be exposed to abuse on a shocking scale. The UNHCR said its staff working in the city of Sabratha with authorities of Libya’s internationally-recognized government had described a “picture of human suffering and abuse on a shocking scale” among refugees previously held by smugglers. ... More
Teheran, October 23 (RHC)--Iran is sticking to the nuclear deal while the US is not, assured Iran´s Permanent Representative to the UN Gholamali Khoshroo.... More
Buenos Aires, October 23 (RHC) Former Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez was elected to the Senate representing the Unidad Ciudadana (Citizen Unity) Party after obtaining over 3 million votes during the mid-term legislative election held on Sunday.... More
Buenos Aires, October 21 (RHC)-- The family of missing Argentinean activist Santiago Maldonado have confirmed that a body found in the Chubut River earlier this week is their son's. ... More
Kabul, October 21 (RHC)-- At least 72 people have been killed in two bomb attacks that targeted two Shia mosques in Afghanistan. The first explosion rocked Imam Zaman mosque in the western district of Dasht-e-Barchi in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday as worshipers had gathered for prayers. A top security official said security forces at the scene had removed at least 39 bodies, but the exact number of casualties was still unknown. ... More
Santiago de Chile, October 21 (RHC)-- An investigation into Pablo Neruda's probable cause of death has found that Chile's most famous poet did not die of prostate cancer. ... More
Santiago de Chile, October 21 (RHC)-- Chile's highest court ordered on Friday the immediate release of eight Mapuche leaders who were detained and put under preventive imprisonment since September 23, and accused under a terrorist law inherited from Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. ... More
Luxembourg, October 21 (RHC)-- The EU foreign policy chief has reaffirmed the bloc’s commitment to the 2015 international nuclear agreement between Iran and six other countries in the face of the belligerent US rhetoric against the accord. “At a time of acute nuclear threats the European Union is determined to preserve the JCPOA as a key pillar of the international non-proliferation architecture," Federica Mogherini said in Luxembourg. ... More
San Juan, October 21 (RHC)-- In Puerto Rico, about three million residents still have no electricity from the power grid, and more than one million people still have no clean drinking water, now one month after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm. ... More
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